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Online Formative Assessment in Higher Education: Its Pros and Cons
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Baleni, Zwelijongile Gaylard – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Online and blended learning have become common educational strategy in higher education. Lecturers have to re-theorise certain basic concerns of teaching, learning and assessment in non-traditional environments. These concerns include perceptions such as cogency and trustworthiness of assessment in online environments in relation to serving the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Computer Assisted Testing, Formative Evaluation
Students' Performance and Satisfaction with Web vs. Paper-Based Practice Quizzes and Lecture Notes
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Macedo-Rouet, Monica; Ney, Muriel; Charles, Sandrine; Lallich-Boidin, Genevieve – Computers & Education, 2009
The use of computers to deliver course-related materials is rapidly expanding in most universities. Yet the effects of computer vs. printed delivery modes on students' performance and motivation are not yet fully known. We compared the impacts of Web vs. paper to deliver practice quizzes that require information search in lecture notes. Hundred…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Notetaking, Tests, Lecture Method
Comparing Paper-Pencil and Computer-Based Versions of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory.
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Vansickle, Timothy R.; Kapes, Jerome T. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Describes a study of undergraduates that was conducted to examine the equivalence of the mode of administration using the paper-pencil and computer-based versions of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Differences in scores are discussed, time taken for the inventories is studied, and further research is suggested. (Contains 16 references.)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Higher Education
Bayesian Adaptation during Computer-Based Tests and Computer-Guided Practice Exercises.
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Frick, Theodore W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Demonstrates how Bayesian reasoning can be used to adjust the length of computer-guided practice exercises and computer-based tests to help make mastery or nonmastery decisions. Individualization of instruction is discussed, and the results of an empirical study that used the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) are presented. (25 references)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Enhancing Basic Course Values and Reducing Problems with a Computer-Assisted Student Assessment Center.
Babich, Roger M. – 1985
To alleviate problems with course content, procedure, and philosophy identified by basic communication skills students and faculty, the University of Oklahoma developed a computer assisted Student Assessment Center (SAC) as a basic communication course adjunct. The SAC allows students from all sections of the course to take each of the four unit…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Testing
A Multimedia Framework for Second Language Teaching in Self-Access Environments.
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Tamburini, Fabio – Computers & Education, 1999
Presents an account of a self-access language-teaching scheme operated at the University of Bologna (Italy) that was developed to teach English to university students by building a self-access environment available over a computer network. Discusses courseware, test generator, multimedia workstations, student use of laboratories, and future…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Networks, Courseware